Around the Rings – The 2023 Texas Festival
April 26, 2023 Comments Off on Around the Rings – The 2023 Texas Festival
The Texas Quarter Horse Association produces three shows in April in Waco, Texas, this year it spanned April 19-23, 2023. First up: the Texas Festival, an AQHA qualifying show from April 19-20, with judges Clay Mcloud, Mike Edwards, Jennifer Goss, and Michael Ochetto, followed by the Blue Bonnet Festival, an NSBA/ WCHA show, on Friday, April 21st, judged […]
Continue reading …2023 APHA National Championship Show Schedules Now Available
April 25, 2023 Comments Off on 2023 APHA National Championship Show Schedules Now Available
APHA News The 2023 APHA National Championship Show schedules are now available; start planning your trips now to take a shot at national championship titles and prizes at two destination-show venues. 2023 APHA Eastern National Championship Show August 24-27 Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky apha.com/eastern-national-show/ Questions? Show Secretary Jarrett Cartee: 817-222-6402 or aphaevents@apha.com 2023 […]
Continue reading …In Loving Memory of Dont Ask Just Watch
April 25, 2023 Comments Off on In Loving Memory of Dont Ask Just Watch
Our deepest condolences on the loss of Dont Ask Just Watch extend to Drew and Kate Emnett and family, the Yoak family, and all whose lives were touched by the loss of “Spanky.” The 2000 APHA and PtHA Sorrel Tobiano Gelding by Dont Skip Zip and out of Jet of Gold touched many lives, earning over 3700 […]
Continue reading …Living On An Island and Living the Dream
April 25, 2023 Comments Off on Living On An Island and Living the Dream
By Delores Kuhlwein Cathy Wilkin, owner of up and coming sire, Whiskeynkrymsun, lives on the largest freshwater island in the world, and even though she’s miles away from the horse show world, she’s figured out a way to chase her horse breeder dreams. Island life is simply in Cathy Wilkin’s blood. Her parents were both […]
Continue reading …Super Sires Results from the Bluebonnet Festival
April 25, 2023 Comments Off on Super Sires Results from the Bluebonnet Festival
Super Sires Results from the Texas Amateur QHA Bluebonnet Festival are below! Super Sires awarded over $5,100 in cash PLUS prizes! (All classes were NSBA approved.); there were 23 entries over 8 classes, and each class was $500 Added plus 80% of entry fee. (All Super Sires monies are reported to NSBA, as well as QData […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – The Best Therapy
April 25, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – The Best Therapy
Nichole Herr of Scottsdale, Arizona, is an RN at Navi Nurses. She explains that one of her patients is in constant pain, and they often talk of her mom’s riding days, and of Nichole’s horse, Roo, to soothe her. “I told her about the APHA show this week (Nicole was showing at WestWorld) and she […]
Continue reading …EC Transformation Tuesday – Rachel Smit
April 25, 2023 Comments Off on EC Transformation Tuesday – Rachel Smit
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” Steven Spielberg. This EC Transformation Tuesday set of photos required a collage, we thought, due to the much bigger picture they create together. This is Rachel Smit, who started riding when she was 4 […]
Continue reading …Youth Activities Scholarship Meets Endowment Goal
April 25, 2023 Comments Off on Youth Activities Scholarship Meets Endowment Goal
AQHA The Youth Activities Scholarship successfully reached its endowment goal of $100,000 directly after the 2023 AQHA Convention. In 2020, the AQHA Youth Activities Committee set a goal to endow the scholarship to perpetually award youth. Thanks to the generosity of Joe and Suzy Jeane and a generous match by Larry and Ellen Bell, the future […]
Continue reading …Watch the Livestream for AQHA East L1 Championships
April 25, 2023 Comments Off on Watch the Livestream for AQHA East L1 Championships
The Nutrena AQHA East Level 1 Championships kick off this week at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio! Find the schedule here: 2023 Nutrena Level 1 East Schedule View the livestream here: Nutrena East – AQHA Below are a few last-minute reminders from AQHA: Please make note of the following: The schedule has […]
Continue reading …30 Years of Thunder, the Denver Broncos’ Live Mascot
April 24, 2023 Comments Off on 30 Years of Thunder, the Denver Broncos’ Live Mascot
From the YouTube Channel of the Denver Broncos Over the last 30 years, the Denver Broncos’ live mascot, Thunder, became a fan favorite and a beloved part of a game-day tradition in the Mile High City. Find out how owner Sharon Magness Blake and her team of horse experts have kept Thunder running for three […]
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